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Puta's Amtrak Photos
AMTK 385 (F40PHR) Silver Meteor, Sanford, FL on February 6, 1987. Roger Puta's Amtrak coverage spans passenger consists, locomotive varieties, and terminal scenes across the national network.
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Photography by Roger Puta · Public Domain
Photography by Roger Puta · Curated by Marty Bernard
Thousands of slides spanning North American railroading from the 1960s through 1990 — now in the Public Domain for all to enjoy and use.
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AMTK 385 (F40PHR) Silver Meteor, Sanford, FL on February 6, 1987. Roger Puta's Amtrak coverage spans passenger consists, locomotive varieties, and terminal scenes across the national network.
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BN E8 9947 on Train 28, The Western Star, at Grand Forks, ND on December 21, 1970. A sweeping look at the Santa Fe and Burlington Northern systems from their pre-merger origins through the modern era.
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SP 3202 (SDP40) with Train 102, the City of San Francisco at Oakland, CA in January 1968. Documents Union Pacific's storied operations and the predecessor roads absorbed into the modern giant.
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Roger Puta photographed this employee special at Cahill Station, San Jose, CA. An intimate look at SP's passenger heritage through the lens of a railroader and photographer.
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CN 6218 (4-8-4) on the GTW Illinois Railroad Club fantrip at Union Station, South Bend, IN, November 20, 1966. Covers Canadian National's vast network and predecessor roads including Grand Trunk Western and BC Rail.
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CP 1410 leads Train 1, The Canadian, at Dorval, Quebec station on September 6, 1965. A comprehensive look at Canadian Pacific's passenger and freight operations across Canada.
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EL 932 (Alco RS3) switching Hoboken, NJ terminal, September 3, 1965. Covers the predecessor roads — Erie-Lackawanna, New York Central, Reading — before and after Conrail absorbed them in 1976.
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Georgia RR NW2 901 switching in front of the Decatur, GA station on April 12, 1963. Documents the railroads that became CSX: Georgia Railroad, Western Maryland, B&O, C&O, and more.
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Wabash FM H24-66 Train Master 554 switching at Saunemin, IL on November 24, 1962. Covers the predecessors of Norfolk Southern including Wabash, Reading Railroad, Norfolk & Western, and Southern Railway.
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CRIP 42 (F2A) passing Joliet Union Station on October 16, 1966. A rich archive of Chicago-area and Midwestern railroad operations featuring the Rock Island, Illinois Central, and other regional lines.
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Delaware & Hudson 605 (C628), August 1971. Covers the independent carriers of the Northeast — Bangor & Aroostook, Boston & Maine, Delaware & Hudson, and others that defined New England railroading.
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Narrow Gauge Train 128 through San Lazaro yards, Mexico City, September 13, 1966. A rare look at Mexican railroading during the Nacionales de México era — passenger trains, narrow gauge operations, and classic motive power south of the border.
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In Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado — January 1985. The beloved Denver & Rio Grande Western Ski Train powered by GP40-2s 3118 and 3119, a light-weight combo, and seven heavyweight coaches climbing toward Winter Park.
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Sierra Western 156 "Lake Pepin" at Oakland, CA on May 28, 1982. Roger Puta's documentation of the Nevada Northern Railway fantrip — an extraordinary excursion operating over one of America's best-preserved short line railroads.
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These albums round out the full scope of Roger Puta's photography — from special excursions to transit systems.
Roger Puta (right) aboard Autoliner 100, Oakland, CA — May 28, 1982
Roger Puta (1944–1990) was a prolific railroad photographer born in Berwyn, Illinois. He was known among fellow railfans for his meticulous eye, his remarkable technical skill shooting on ISO 25 Kodachrome, and an uncanny ability to capture trains at their most expressive. If it ran on rails, Roger photographed it.
He worked for the Santa Fe Railway and later the Western Pacific Railroad, which only deepened his passion for rail photography. He traveled widely across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, amassing thousands of color slides spanning passenger trains, freight operations, depots, transit systems, and everything in between.
Roger passed away in 1990. He left his vast slide collection to his childhood friend Mel Finzer, who placed the photographs in the Public Domain. Another lifelong friend, Marty Bernard, undertook the painstaking work of scanning, identifying, and captioning thousands of those slides — then publishing them on Flickr for the benefit of researchers, historians, and railfans everywhere.